This is step 1. First you claim there is only 1 correct/true history. Then you slowly sculpt said single history into the one that best suits your political agenda.
Check out a Chinese history text book some time. think you will find any mention of the Tiananmen Square protest, the 77 million deaths that have a occured as a direct result of the cultural revolution, or a detailed account of China's support for less than savory states over the past 80 years.... Fat fucking chance.
Autocrats always seek to control ideas, whether by burning books, censoring the media, killing dicidents, or mudding the waters with fake news(see Faux News Corp.)
Intellectual discussion is the enemy of the Autocrat. As it exposes the reality of his or her inevideble failures.
Re: History may say otherwise... if the yanks have their way.
First you claim there is only 1 correct/true history. Then you slowly sculpt said single history into the one that best suits your political agenda.
Check out a Chinese history text book some time. think you will find any mention of the Tiananmen Square protest, the 77 million deaths that have a occured as a direct result of the cultural revolution, or a detailed account of China's support for less than savory states over the past 80 years.... Fat fucking chance.
Autocrats always seek to control ideas, whether by burning books, censoring the media, killing dicidents, or mudding the waters with fake news(see Faux News Corp.)
Intellectual discussion is the enemy of the Autocrat. As it exposes the reality of his or her inevideble failures.